The Candle and the Guillotine

The Candle and the Guillotine PDF

Author: Julie Patricia Johnson

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2020-05-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781789206760

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As in a number of France’s major cities, civil war erupted in Lyon in the summer of 1793, ultimately leading to a siege of the city and a wave of mass executions. Using Lyon as a lens for understanding the politics of revolutionary France, this book reveals the widespread enthusiasm for judicial change in Lyon at the time of the Revolution, as well as the conflicts that ensued between elected magistrates in the face of radical democratization. Julie Patricia Johnson’s investigation of these developments during the bloodiest years of the Revolution offers powerful insights into the passions and the struggles of ordinary people during an extraordinary time.

Terror

Terror PDF

Author: Graeme Fife

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2006-11-14

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 0312352247

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"This extraordinary, bloodthirsty period comes to life in Graeme Fife's new book. Drawing on contemporary police files, eyewitness accounts, directives from the sinister Committee for Public Safety, and heart-wrenching last letters from prisoners awaiting execution, the author recreates the psychotic atmosphere of that time."--BOOK JACKET.

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